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India armed forces seek 163 logistics drones for high altitude borders with China, Pakistan

By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: To boost its armed forces’ capabilities to reach supplies and equipment to soldiers deployed in mountainous terrain, India is seeking to buy 163 logistics drones under the emergency procurement through the fast-track route. On Oct. 17, the Ministry of Defence issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) from Indian vendors, under the ‘Buy (Indian)’ category of the Defence…

India relaxes performance guarantee rules for defence contracts

Photo: Rajnath Singh, India’s defence minister, inaugurating the additional assembly line for HAL’s Tejas jets. New Delhi: In a major relief to COVID-hit industry, India has relaxed the Performance Guarantee requirement for defence contracts to just three per cent of contract value from the existing five per cent to 10 per cent, and this tweaked rule will apply equally to both Indian and foreign…

India releases amended defence offset guidelines

File Photo: India’s defence minister Rajnath Singh.

New Delhi: India‘s Ministry of Defence on July 30 released an amended draft of Offset Guidelines that will form part of the Defence Procurement Procedure 2020.

The amended draft Offset Guidelines were released three days after making public the amended draft DPP-2020, which has been renamed Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020, on July 27.